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Charity Details:
Ceased date: 03 January 2019

Highland Birchwoods

SC021146Registered charity from 26 February 1993
Address 31 Queen Victoria Park
Inchmarlo
Banchory
Postcode AB31 4AL
Website www.highlandbirchwoods.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Reason For Removal
Object:
The company's objects are:- 1 . (a) to promote education, training and research for the benefit of the public in the matters of environment and native woodlands, and in particular to strengthen and focus efforts to restore and extend native broadleaved woodlands within the Highlands, to promote good management of native broad leaved woodlands including birchwoods for conservation and amenity, timber production and agricultural benefits to disseminate information gained by such research and generally to improve the levels of skill, knowledge and understanding in matters of environmental protection and woodland conservation and management. (b) to promote for the benefit of the public the preservation and conservation of natural broadleaved woods and trees by encouraging better methods of management and the production of timber and wood from native tree species by methods which do not reduce the scientific, scenic or historic interest present.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Removed
Last Updated: 17 Jul 2022
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 26 Feb 1993
Geographical Spread: UK and overseas
Main Operating Location: Highland
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
28 Feb 2013 £259,917 £450,279 28 Oct 2013 Yes
28 Feb 2014 £162,254 £295,825 13 Aug 2015 Yes
28 Feb 2015 £120,168 £106,558 09 Nov 2015 Yes
28 Feb 2016 £195,182 £134,063 15 Mar 2017 Yes
28 Feb 2017 £80,320 £86,500 26 Sept 2017 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.

If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
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When a charity publishes its accounts on its website and has supplied us with a link, we have made this available. From late 2017, where the charity is a company, a registered social landlord or is also registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, a link is provided to the relevant regulator’s website where the accounts are made available. We accept no responsibility for the functionality, accuracy, or content of external websites – if you experience a technical issue with an external link, you should contact the charity directly.

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